Perambulator.



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APPLICATION FILED PEBJI, 1914.

NORRIS PETERS CO., PHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON. D. C.

F. F. PUTNAM. PBRAMBULATOR.

APPLIGATION FILED PER-11, 1914.

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FRANCES F. PUTN'AM, OF RYE, NEW YORK.

PERAMBULATOR.

' Specification of Ietters Patent.

. Patented Mar. 9,1915.

Application filed February 11, 1914. Serial No. 817,982.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Frances FAULKNER PUTNAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rye, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Perambulators, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description.

This invention relates to a perambulator.

An object of the invention is to produce a perambulator inv which an infant can be comfortably carried, but having an arrangement which will enable the principal parts of the perambulator to be folded up and placed within the body of the perambulator, and to construct the body of the perambulator in such a way that it cooperates with the foldable parts and so that it constitutes a hamper or receptacle for the parts of the perambulator and other articles which may be packed within it when it is not in use as a perambulator, or for convenience in moving household effects. I

A further object of the invention is to provide an arrangement for conveniently carrying a cover within the. perambulator which can be used to envelop the perambulator-body when the perambulator is not in use; this particularly adapts the device for shipment.

Other objects of the invention will appear more fully hereinafter.

My invention consists in the general combination of parts and simplicity of details hereinafter described, all of which contribute to produce anefficient perambulator.

A preferred embodiment of my invention will be particularly described in the following specification, while the broad scope of my invention will be pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section through the body of the perambulator, the frame being shown in elevation and with the adjacent wheelsremoved; Fig. 2 is a plan of the frame with the wheels and the body of the perambulator removed, the tongue being represented broken away; Fig. 8 is a perspective showing the frame ofthe perambulator folded up and representing the tongue as disconnected from the frame; Fig. 4 is a perspective of the body of the perambulator; Fig. 5 is a perspective of a cushion which may be used in the bottom of the perambulator-body; Fig. 6 is a perspective showing the hood of the perambulator attached and folded up; Figs. 7 to 10 inclusive represent the four'wheels of the perambulator detached; Fig. 11 is a front elethe article to be'used as a hamper or shipping case; and Fig. 12 is a horizontal sect1on taken on the line 1212 of Fig. 11, and

' particularly illustrating the means for fastening the cover.

Referring more particularly to the parts, the frame 14 of the device preferably co. prises two transverse bars or bolsters 1'5 and 16, the former of which is attached preferably rigidly to the forward extremity of a reach 17, the bolster 16 being preferably rigidly attached to the rear portion of the reach. The reach is preferably formed near its middle point with a joint 18, which may comprise an ordinary hinge 19 attached to the underside of the reach, and near the joint the upper side of the reach is preferably provided with means for reinforcing the joint which may consist of a hook 20 cooperating with an eye 21.

The body 22 of the perambulator is preferably of box form and may consist of a wicker or willow basket having this shape. When the body is supported on the frame it is held in position preferably by means of stakes 23 which are attached to the bolsters and to the ends of the reach so as to fold thereupon. This is preferably accomplished simply by means of hinge connections 24 arranged so that when the stakes are upright the ends of the stakes come against the upper surface of the part to which the stake a a strong-back or stiffener which transmits the weight of the infant directly to the bolsters, thereby relieving the hinge 19 of severe strain. Within the body there is preferably provided a cushion 25 upon which the infant may sit or recline. Between the cushion 25 and the bottom 26 of the body I provide a folded cover 27 which may be removed and applied to the body 22 as a cover in such a manner as that illustrated in Figs. 11 and 12. Referring to Figs. 11 and 12, this cover comprises a body section 28 and a bonnet section 29. The bonnet section 29 passes across the opening of the body as a box lid and is provided with a plurality of slots 30 through which shackles project. These shackles 31 form I eyes through which a strap 32 can be threaded, said strap being provided with a buckle 33 or other means for tightening it up. The ends of the cover may be provided with suitablegrips or handles 34 adapting the article for convenient handling as a iamper or shipping case.

Freferably on the underside of'the forward bolster a tongue-fork 35 is attached by means of a suitable pivot or king-bolt 36. Thisfo'rk 35 is provided with a removable tongue 37; byymeans of which the perambulater maybe hauled about. The rear part of the fork35 is formed into a forward axle I 38; .This 'forward axle andthe rear bolster 16 which constitutes the rear axle are'provided with studs or arms 39- at their ex tremities which receive the hubs of the wheels 40 of the perambulator.

o wheels are held in place on the axles by means of split pins 4101 any other suitable means; a

The body 22 may be provided with a re movable hood 42 which preferably consists of a plurality of bows 43 and a flexible covering A attached to the bows.

, rear edgeof the flexible cover is provided "with adraw strap or cord 45 which is adapted to be tightened underthe rear roll 46 which is formed" at the edge of the body, but

any suit'able'means may be provided for securing the hood at this point. The lower extremities of the bows 4E3 aredetachably secured. to a suitablev plate 47 attached to the side of the body. By removing the bolts 48thehood'inay be removed.

' The-parts of the perambulator embodying my invention may be readily disconnected and folded up and the principal parts thereof maybe placed within the body, to which the folded cover 27 may then beapplied if desired toofacilitate the handling or shipment of the'perambulator. i

It is understood that the, embodiment of the invention set forth above is only one of the many forms'or embodiments the invention may take, and I do not wish to be limited in the practice of my invention nor in my claims to the particular embodiment set forth;

' V WVhat I claim as new is zl. A perambulator having a frame with a joint enabling said frame to be folded, said crimes; of'this pa'tent may be obtained for 'These The frame comprising bolsters and stakes having joint connections with said bolsters adapted V i to fold upon said bolsters and adapted to assume an'upright position, and a body removably supported by said frame and adaptsters and stakes having joint connections with said bolsters-adapted to fold upon said bolsters and adapted to assume an upright position, and a body removably supported by said frame and adapted to be held thereupon by said stakes.

4:. A perambulator having a frame comprising a reach with a hinge joint enabling said reach to fold, and means for reinforcing said hinge joint, said framecompr-isingbolsters and stakes having joint connections with i said bolsters adapted to fold upon said bolsters and adapted to assume an upright position, a body removably supported by said frame and adapted to be held thereupon by spectively to the parts of said reach, wheels 7 said stakes, said bolsters being attached reremovably carried by the rear bolster, an

axle pivotally attached to the forward bolster and'wheelsremovably carried by said axle. I

5. In a perambulator, in combination, a basket-like body, a folding supporting frame removable from said body and comprising a hinge-jointed reach and a transverse'bar or bolster on each'section of said reach, the parts of which frame are of such proportions that they may be folded up in said body, and removable wheels for said bolsters having a diameter less than the width of said body. f

Signed at Rye, New' Yorkr this 6th'day of February 191&. g FRANCES F. PUTNAM. 1

Witnesses: s 1

" WILBUR F. HENDRIX,

H. P. PARKER. Y

five cents each, by addressing' th'e Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. I i 

